Bag-net for use in wash-boilers



(No Model.)

W. H. H. HIND-S. BAG NET FOR USB IN WASH BOILBRS.

Patented May 24, 1887,

att l l [nyeno 7 m. fffffamzw z UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo WILLIAMHENRY HARRISON HINDS, OF KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE.

BAG-NET FOR USE IN WASH-BOILERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,638, dated May 24,1887.

Application filed December 11, 1886. Serial No. 221,256. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY HAR- RIsoN HINDS, of Kennebunkport, inthe county of York, of the State of Maine, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Bags or Nets for Holding' Clothes in aXVash-Boiler; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in thefollowing specification, and represented in the accompanying drawings,of whichl Figure 1 is a side View, and Fig. 2 a transverse section, of abag or net of my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claimhereinafter presented. Fig. 3 is a top View, and Fig. 4 an under sideview, of the wooden bottoming or clothes insulator of such net.

In such drawings, A denotes a bag or net formed of netting or withmeshes like those of a fishing net or seine. Vithinsuch bag or net is aninsulator or bottoming, B, which is composed of a grid, a, or itsequivalent, and a perforated cap or board, b, arranged upon and fixed toit. The grid, as shown, which is a support for the board, consists of aseries of parallel bars, 1 1 1, united at or near their ends by twocross-barst' i. The cap or board b has in it a series of holes, to allowwater to freely pass through it. This bottoming B, arranged in the bag Aat its bottom so as to cover the latter, is to be of a size to iit withthe bag or net loosely in the lower part of a wash-boiler, and is to soinsulate, from the bottom of such boiler, clothes or articles when inthe bag or net and being bpiled, as to pre Vent them from becomingscorched or-burned, as they would be liable to be were the bag or netunprovided with the insulator or bottom. ing B.

With a bag or net having in it an insulator substantially asdescribed-that is, a perforated board or plate having supportingdevicesextending down from it-elothes while being boiled in the bag ornet in a wash-boiler can be prodded or punched and worked or turned overto advantage without danger of doing injury to the bottom of the boiler.After removal of the bag or net with the clothes and insulator from theboiler, the wlole can 4be placed on a washbench or a door or hearthwithout liability of the clothes being soiled, for by the bottoming theywill be kept from contact with the article or surface on which the bagor net may be placed.

I am aware of the device or wash-boiler attachment shown in' the UnitedStates Patent No. 141,429, and do not claim it, it being different inconstruction from my invention, inasmnch as it has no flexible net norany wooden grid, nor has it any grid and a perforated board or capresting thereon, as is the case with my wash-boiler attachment. Vith thebag or net, the clothes can be thoroughly covered or inclosed on the topof them, and they can be kept down upon the -bottoming and cannot riseand float in the water off and independently of such bottoming or becomein any way caught upon any frame of metal. v Besides, with the net andwooden bottoming, there is no danger of the clothes being stained byrust, which might result were the bottoming surmounted by a-mctallicframe.

I am also aware of the dish-washer de scribed and represented in theUnited States Patent No. 272,894, in which a basket constitutes a part,such diiering materially from my invention, in which a bag-net forms apart, which can be collapsed on the clothes, so as to hold them downupon the grid within it, which cannot be done with a basket. I thereforedo not claim a basket as described, adapt ed, and used with adisk-receiving rack, as represented in saidl Patent No. 272,894, as Ihave in my invention no such basket or rack.

I claim- The combination of the clothes-bag or bagnet with. theperforated wooden board b and its supporting wooden grid c, arranged insuch bag or net and with respect to each other, as set forth.

Wlll'lllll lll'lNltY HARRISON NINDS.

Vlfitnesses:

R. H. EDDY, WM. H. PRESTON.

